Fire at Greece’s Moria refugee camp displaces thousands
Thousands of asylum seekers are without even basic shelter in Greece after a fire swept through a large refugee camp in Monday night. By midday Tuesday much of the Moria camp on the island...
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New Danish law permits authorities to seize valuables from asylum seekers
Denmark’s parliament voted in favor of new laws regarding asylum seekers Tuesday. It is now legal for the government to seize assets worth more than $1,400 from refugees for the stated purpose of paying...
ICE raids targeting Central American adults with children trigger community panic
Just after the new year, immigration agents began conducting deportation raids in at least three states, enforcing removal orders against Central Americans. FSRN’s Shannon Young has more. Download Audio U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
U.S. House passes veto-proof refugee restrictions as political battles heat up across the country
The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill to create stricter requirements for admitting Syrian refugees into the country. Before a refugee from either Syria of Iraq could enter the U.S., the...
Artists create ‘Visions from the Inside’ through letters from families in ICE detention
U.S. Immigration authorities have until October 23rd to release minors held in immigration detention facilities, according to a federal judge’s order. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee of California ruled detaining minors in jail-like...
Judge finds extended detention of asylum seeking families unlawful
A federal judge has ruled against the Obama administration’s policy of holding asylum-seeking women and children in immigration detention for months at a time. It’s the second federal court ruling against prolonged family immigration...
Immigration: conditions spark uprising in Texas prison; court orders women/children seeking asylum freed
Prison officials in Texas are in the process of transferring around 2800 inmates from the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville after a prisoner uprising over the weekend reportedly left the tent city prison...
